The RIP Woolwich Soldier Facebook page has received one million ‘likes’ (Picture: Facebook)

One million people have ‘liked’ a Facebook page set up in honour of a soldier hacked to death in Woolwich, south-east London, yesterday.

The unidentified man is reported to have been wearing a Help For Heroes T-shirt when he was allegedly set upon and killed by two men and Whitehall sources have this morning confirmed the victim was a member of the armed forces.

The two suspects, who remain in separate hospitals after being shot by armed police arriving on the scene on Wednesday afternoon, have also yet to be named.

The Facebook page set up in honour of the victim was created on Wednesday and features a statement declaring: ‘A British Soldier has been murdered as he walked a street in london, In a ‘suspected’ terror attack. RIP to a hero!’

One post which features a picture of a Union flag and states: ‘Make this your profile picture to show support. RIP for a true Hero’, has been shared almost 80,000 times, with nearly 90,000 ‘likes’ and over 6,000 comments.

‘Remarks have been made regards links to the EDL due to there page being ONE of the pages liked from this page. The fact we liked all the political parties and news channels pages has been missed,’ the post stated.

‘We are not part of EDL, there page was followed due to the fact this was a suvject [sic] being discussed on their page.

A man is seen in the footage from the scene attempting to justify the attack (Picture: ITV News)

‘This page is here to say R.I.P nothing more nothing less. Please do not try and stop people saying so in fear of supporting EDL. Reporters if you do not agree with EDL do not drag us into it.’